I fleshed out my feelings on the berthoud saddle a little mre here: http://wp.me/p19mfs-bB or http://oceanaircycles.com/2011/01/10/giles-berthoud…view-14-months/
Bottom line is I love these saddles, the only thing keeping me from owning more is a temporary speed bump in the cash flow. Rob On Jan 7, 10:13 am, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > Rene, > I have been outlining a writeup myself on this subject, looks like > Lovelybike beat me too it. I think you and I are in a similar size > class, 6'2" 220 lb, so some of my thoughts may carry over. > > I bought my Berthoud well over a year ago and have moved it around on > different bikes. My other basis of comparison are the B17 on all my > other bikes, I am too embarrassed to count at the moment. > > Out of the box the Berthoud was perfect, thicker leather but more > comfortable. As I rotated the saddles around, the Berthoud has eneded > up on whichever bike is getting the most milage at the moment. By > this point I have put a few thousand miles on it and it is starting to > take the shape of my arse. > > http://oceanaircycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1.5coast-2.jpg > > I like the narrowness in the front with the suport in the rear. It > hits my sit bones in the same way as the B17, but the narrow nose has > more thigh room. Only downside so far was pulling all the screws to > add some locktite > > Bottom line for me, this is my favorite saddle on bike where the bars > are at or below the saddle. If I have the bars up high or albatross > bars I still like the Brooks more. > > Rob > -http://oceanaircycles.com/ > > On Jan 6, 9:40 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Can anyone provide how the Berthoud Touring Saddles would compare to a B17 > > saddle? I own B17 saddles but have never ridden a Berthoud one. > > > Thanks, > > > René- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
